Plasmodium species: master renovators of their host cells

TF de Koning-Ward, MWA Dixon, L Tilley… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Plasmodium parasites, the causative agents of malaria, have developed elaborate
strategies that they use to survive and thrive within different intracellular environments …

Malaria parasite proteins that remodel the host erythrocyte

AG Maier, BM Cooke, AF Cowman… - Nature Reviews …, 2009 - nature.com
Exported proteins of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum interact with proteins of the
erythrocyte membrane and induce substantial changes in the morphology, physiology and …

STEVOR is a Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte binding protein that mediates merozoite invasion and rosetting

M Niang, AK Bei, KG Madnani, S Pelly, S Dankwa… - Cell host & …, 2014 - cell.com
Variant surface antigens play an important role in Plasmodium falciparum malaria
pathogenesis and in immune evasion by the parasite. Although most work to date has …

Surface antigens of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes as immune targets and malaria vaccine candidates

JA Chan, FJI Fowkes, JG Beeson - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2014 - Springer
Understanding the targets and mechanisms of human immunity to malaria caused by
Plasmodium falciparum is crucial for advancing effective vaccines and developing tools for …

A subset of group A-like var genes encodes the malaria parasite ligands for binding to human brain endothelial cells

A Claessens, Y Adams, A Ghumra… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Cerebral malaria is the most deadly manifestation of infection with Plasmodium falciparum.
The pathology of cerebral malaria is characterized by the accumulation of infected …

Revisiting gametocyte biology in malaria parasites

P Ngotho, AB Soares, F Hentzschel… - FEMS microbiology …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Gametocytes are the only form of the malaria parasite that is transmissible to the mosquito
vector. They are present at low levels in blood circulation and significant knowledge gaps …

Identification of New PNEPs Indicates a Substantial Non-PEXEL Exportome and Underpins Common Features in Plasmodium falciparum Protein Export

A Heiber, F Kruse, C Pick, C Grüring… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Malaria blood stage parasites export a large number of proteins into their host erythrocyte to
change it from a container of predominantly hemoglobin optimized for the transport of …

Red blood cell invasion by the malaria parasite is coordinated by the PfAP2-I transcription factor

JM Santos, G Josling, P Ross, P Joshi, L Orchard… - Cell host & …, 2017 - cell.com
Obligate intracellular parasites must efficiently invade host cells in order to mature and be
transmitted. For the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, invasion of host red blood cells …

Plasmodium Nesting: Remaking the Erythrocyte from the Inside Out

JA Boddey, AF Cowman - Annual review of microbiology, 2013 - annualreviews.org
One of the most fascinating and remarkable features of Plasmodium parasites, which cause
malaria, is their choice of erythrocytes as the principal host cells in which to reside during …

Maurer's clefts, the enigma of Plasmodium falciparum

E Mundwiler-Pachlatko… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Plasmodium falciparum, the causative agent of malaria, completely remodels the infected
human erythrocyte to acquire nutrients and to evade the immune system. For this process …